You're welcome, Ellie. Baalbek and Aanjar were certainly fascinating sites to visit, all the more so given that I was the only "tourist" there! I think it's such a shame that these spectacular ruins are seen by so few people.

Beirut was pretty cool too - far more cosmopolitan than I had imagined.
— Phil Amey, April 18, 2004

Thanks, Phil! I'd love to visit that place!!
— ellie robb, March 18, 2004